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LOT 0844
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Charioteer
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (45 grams, 82 mm).
Squat lamp with broad discus displaying stamped scrolls and leaf-motifs, central low-relief biga with traces of red pigment; stub nozzle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
From the private collection of a retired East Anglian teacher.
Cf. Dejean, H., Lamps Antiques à travers les Ages: Le Corpus Paris, Archaeo Numis, 2012, pl.35, M027.
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